Man found guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump in Florida | 23 Sept 2025 | Ryan Routh has been found guilty of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in September last year. A jury found Routh, 59, guilty of all charges, including the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and a range of firearm offences. The incident happened on 15 September 2024 as Trump, then a presidential candidate, was playing golf on a course he owns in West Palm Beach, about 15 minutes from his Mar-a-Lago residence. A U.S. Secret Service agent spotted a rifle barrel poking out of the bushes and fired on the man holding it, later identified as Routh, who then fled the scene. He was arrested nearby.